Combined lister, planter, and ridge-buster.



S. B. HAMILTON. COMBINED LISTER, PLANTER, AND RIDGE BUSTER. APPLICATIONFILED AUG. 1. 1910.

1,002,683. atented Sept. 5,1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

WITNESSES: l/VVE/VTOI? ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANnaRAPN ID-WASHINGTON, n.c.

S. B. HAMILTON. COMBINED LISTER, PLANTER, AND RIDGE BUSTBR. APPLICATIONFILED AUG. 1, 1 910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES: IN W5 A! TOR Q h Jul/mm] fifiazmllwz A TTORNE Y 8 colluMBlAFLANOGRAPH (ID-.WASHINU'I'ON, D. C.

S. B. HAMILTON. COMBINED LISTER, PLANTEB, AND RIDGE BUSTEILI APPLIOATIONrump we. 1, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5,1911.

4 SHEEN-SHEET 3.

WITNESSES: INVENTGR COLUMBIA PLANOGRA?! d).- VAb-IXLNTATCN. h. C

S. B. HAMILTON. V COMBINED LISTERLPLANTER, AND RIDGE BUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 1, 1910.

' Patented Spt. 5,1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS COLUHIIA PLANOORAPH C0 WASHINGTON. "1 C.

SAMUEL B. HAMILTON, 0F WAKEFIELD, KANSAS.

COMBINED LISTER, PLANTER, AND RIDGE-BUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application filed August 1, 1910. Serial No. 574,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Wakefield, in the county of Clay and State of Kansas,have invented a new and Improved Combined Lister, Planter, andRidge-Buster, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a mechanism which may beadjusted to space the operation of alister plow to form parallel ridges; to provide a frame for an implementof the character specified having strength, lightness and durability; toprovide carrying wheels arranged 'to cause the wheels to track towardthe center of furrows, to form a revolving wedge the rearward spreadwhereof bears against the sides of furrows and prevents the drift of thewheels and implement; and to provide a simple, durable, eflicient andeconomical frame structure.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in whioh-Figure 1 is a side elevation of an implement of the character specified,constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a planview of the same; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 1 is aperspective view of the same; and Fig. 5 is a detail view, fragmentaryin form, showing a seed hopper, boot, sub-soiler, and coverer forming aplanting attachment for an implement of the character specified.

Two chief results are attained in using a plow constructed as hereinshown and described. These should be held in view for a clearerunderstanding of the following specification. Briefly stated, theyconsist in providing a wide spreading frame with carrying wheelstherefor which may be adjusted laterally so that at least one set ofsaid wheels rests in and tracks in a furrow, or between ridges made.When listing or ridge-forming, this insures the desired parallelarrangement of the ridges. Further, by means of this arrangement theimplement may be adjusted so that the wheels track accurately on bothsides of a ridge to hold the plow centered to break down the ridge, whenperforming the operation known as ridge busting. To accomplish theabovestated results, the carrying wheels must be made to trackaccurately in the furrows. This result is accomplished in the presentconstruction and constitutes the second of the above-mentioned results.

The lister plow 4c is constructed in the usual manner, the mold boardsor wings 5, 5 being disposed to upturn the earth at both sides of thecut. The plow 4: is provided with a plow beam 6, at the forward endwhereof is provided a clevis head 7, to receive a bolt 9. A tongue 11 ispivoted in the frame by means of a bolt 12, so that the same ispermitted to rock on the said, bolt.

The implement is of the sulky type, and is carried on wheels 13, 14 and15. The wheels 13, 14 and 15 are arranged in pairs, and are identical inform, except that one of the wheels 13 is provided with a series ofspikes 16, 16 projected beyond the periphery of the said wheel 13. Thepurpose of these spikes 16 will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Thewheels 13, 14 and 15 are constructed as hollow disks having curled fellyedges. The disks are solid faced to provide surfaces to bear against thesides of the adjacent ridges. These sides are curled inward at the loweredge, to present sides which slide on the sides of the ridges formingthe furrows, the solid faces performing this function better than openor spoke formed wheels. The disks are preferably provided with hearingboxes 17, bolted rigidly thereto, whereby the said boxes may be removed,repaired, or replaced. The said boxes hold in bearing relation the wheelspindles 17 The spindles 17 are approximately twelve inches long and arebent slightly forward and on a horizontal plane so that the edges of thesaid wheels are slightly converged at the forward edges. The spindlesare fixedly secured on the bracket standards 18, 18. The standards 18,18 are each provided with a foot horizontally disposed below the frameof the machine, to which it is secured by bolts 19.

The rear wheels 15 are provided with a vertical caster arm 20, formedsubstantially as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings to extend rearwardly ofthe bearing for the said wheels, and having a vertical mountingextension. The vertical extension of the caster arm 20 is pivoted withina hollow tube 21, fixedly mounted on the frame of the machine, and atthe rear of the plow 4. The upper end of the arm 20 is provided with adisk 22, fixedly reach of the foot of the driver of the mag chine whenseated on the seat 29.

The frame structure consists of a longitudinally disposed brace 30. Thebrace 30 is constructed from suitable material, preferably angle iron,and bent to form parallel extensions, said brace being bent at theextreme rear and extended to the front of the .tached to the saidcollar.

implement, where the ends of the said braces are fixedly attached to asquare collar 31. here the brace 30 is bent upon itself at the rear ofthe implement it is formed around the tube 21, to which it is fixedlyattached to serve as a brace for the said tube. The brace. 30 isupwardly extended to form a longitu dinally disposed arch, at the apexwhereof is mounted a pivot bolt 32, upon which is pivotally mounted alifting lever 33. The short end 34 of the lifting lever 33 is connectedby a link 35 with the plow beam 6. The brace 30, further serves to forma support for a quadrant 36, the ends whereof are bolted to thesaidbrace 30. The quadrant 36 has a series of teeth wherein a detent bolt 37strikes, which bolt 37 is controlled by a draw rod 38. The draw rod 38is pivotally connected to a grip-rocking lever 39, which is pivoted at40 upon the lever 33. It is by means of the lever 33 that the plow 4 islifted from or lowered into the earth. Also,

thereby, the depth of operation of the plow is adjusted and controlled.

The lateral framing bar 41 is constructed preferably from flat barmaterial, and at the median line of the implement passes above the brace30 in an arch 41 The frame bar '41 is rigidly bolted to the hound bars42, 42,

the forward ends of which are securely bolted to the collar 31. The bars42, 42 may be thus secured by the bolt 12, or, if preferred, beindependently and fixedly at- Adjacent to the rear ends of the houndbars 42 are provided longitudinal straightened sections to form abearing for the standards 18, 18 of the carrying wheels 13, 13 and 14,14. To further brace the structure, and to provide supporting means forthe caster arm 20, a bar 43 is provided. The ends of the bar 43 arefixedly connected to the forward converging sections of the bars 42, 42,being secured at the median line of the said converging sections. Theyare extended from the point of securement with the said convergingsections across the bar 41 in parallel relation to the brace 30. Fromthe points of attachment of the bar 43 with thebar 41, the said bar 43is converged and bent at the rearmost exlar 44, which reaches under thebar 43 where the same passes around the said tube 21. To render theangular formation of the bar 43 at the rear of the implement more solid,there is provided a tool box, formed by extending across the angle ofthe bar 43 brace bars 45, 45, which are provided with verticallyextended side flanges, and horizontal flanges from the lower edgethereof, upon which is supported a suitable bottom or filling piece toform a receptacle for the carrying of tools usual in the handling of animplement of the character specified.

The plow beam 6 is directly connected with a bail lever 46, the mediansection whereof is passed through a perforation in the said plow beam,and the ends whereof are outwardly turned and mounted in bearing lugs47, 47, securely bolted in position upon the cross brace 41. It is tothe lever 46 that the link 35 is directly connected. This connectionsteadies the operation of the plow when the same is lifted by the lever33.

An extended boss 48 is rigidly secured to the beam 6 and bored to forman elongated bearingfor the median section of the bail lever 46. Thelateral extensions of the bar 41 are connected by an arch 49, disposedat the median section of the said bar 41, and

fixedly connected in structural relation with the brace 30.

One of the wheels 13, as above stated, is provided with a series ofspikes 16, 16, extended from the periphery or felly thereof. Thesespikes are provided to engage the earth in holding and firm tractionrelation therewith. The hub of the wheel 13 is provided with a sprocketwheel 50 fixedly mounted thereon. Said hub is removable. The sprocketwheel 50 is connected with a sprocket wheel 51 by means of a chain 52.The wheel 51 is fixedly mounted upon a horizontally disposedcountershaft 53. The shaft 53 is supported on standards 54, 54, and isoperatively connected at the inner end of the said shaft by means of agear wheel 55 with the dropper plate of the planting mechanism of whicha hopper 56 forms a part, The hopper 56 is disposed in the rear of theplow 4.. In operation, the seed is delivered from the said hopperthrough the boot 57, into the bottom of a furrow formed by the subsoiler58, which follows in the rear of the plow 4. Any suitable seed coveringdevice 59 isused in connection with the implement.

As the title indicates, the implement herein described may be used forwhat is termed ridge 1 busting. When it is desired to break down theridges, the adjustment of In this position, the standards 18, 18, are

bolted to the bars 41 and 43, so that the wheels 13 and 14 are heldfirmly in position.

lVhen thus shifted the said wheels 13 and 14 track in the bottom ofadjacent furrows, and maintain the plow t, in line with the center ofthe ridge bet-ween the said furrows.

It will be understood that, when lister plowing, one pair of the wheels13, 13 or 11, 14, runs in a furrow, and the other pair of wheels trackson the unplowed land. By this means the spacing of the ridges isperfeet.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

An implement of the character specified, comprising a carrying framehaving two parallel longitudinally disposed framing bars; a guidingtongue pivotally mounted in guiding relation between said bars; alaterally extended frame structurally connected with said bars;suit-able structural braces for maintaining the structural rigidity ofsaid bars; forwardly converged side braces for said frame structurallyconnected with said longitudinally disposed bars; a lister plow carriedunder said frame and in supported relation thereto; means for raisingsaid plow on said frame; and carrying wheels to support said frame, saidwheels being adapted to track in furrows, and further arranged to beadjusted laterally 011 said frame to Vary the operative position of thesaid plow.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL B. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

OTIS D. SwENsoN, ERIC I-I. SwENsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

